Goodsol Newsletter #154
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Pretty Good Solitaire Sale
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We don't offer discounts on Pretty Good Solitaire very often, but with new versions
of both the Windows and Mac versions of Pretty Good Solitaire coming soon, now is
the time.
From now until March 15th, you can get $5 off Pretty Good Solitaire! Just use the
special coupon code SPRINGSALE when ordering from
http://www.goodsol.com/orderline.html (Windows) or
http://www.goodsol.com/mac/orderonline.html (Mac).
Just enter the coupon code on the final step of the order and click on update
coupon. In order to get the discount, you must type in the coupon code
SPRINGSALE and order by March 15, 2011. The coupon code must be used at the
time of ordering, it cannot be applied afterwards. The coupon code is good for
either the Windows version or the Mac version. Note that if you order now, the new
version will be a free update.
The upcoming new Windows version of Pretty Good Solitaire will be a free update
for all who have ordered it since 2008. The upcoming new Mac version will be a
free update for all who have ordered the Mac version since it came out in 2007.
The new versions will be available soon, which version will be available first has
not yet been determined, but when one is out, the other will soon follow.
Featured Game - Sea Scorpion
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Sea Scorpion is a one deck game with aspects of the games Scorpion and Sea
Towers.
At the start of the game, the deck is dealt to ten tableau piles, 5 cards to a pile,
except for the first and last piles, which have 6 cards. All of the cards are dealt
face up.
There are 4 cells above the tableau. Each cell is a storage location for one card, as
in FreeCell or Sea Towers.
The object is to build four 13 card sequences down in suit from King to Ace in the
tableau. This is the same object as in the game Scorpion. You can build in the
tableau down in suit. Groups of cards can be moved as a unit if they are in
sequence down in suit.
In addition to this, you can move a group of cards that are not in sequence if there
are enough open cells or tableau spaces that the cards could be moved
individually. In other words, if all 4 cells are empty, you can move up to 5 cards as
a group even if they are not in any sequence at all. This is how cards can be
moved in Scorpion or Yukon, except that there is a limit on the number of cards
you can move based on the number of empty cells.
This means that keeping cells empty is very important to being able to move cards
around. The more cells you fill up, the fewer cards you can move.
Sea Scorpion was a new game in Pretty Good Solitaire version 12.4 and therefore
very few people have played it yet. It isn't really known how often you can win,
but you ought to be able to win it most of the time or nearly every time.
Sea Scorpion is one of the 750 solitaire games in Pretty Good Solitaire at
http://www.goodsol.com/download.html .
For more featured games, see the Solitaire Spotlight
at http://www.solitairegames.com/spotlight.html
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Thomas Warfield - Software Designer - support@goodsol.com
Anne Warfield - Order Fulfillment - orders@goodsol.com
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